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1 .You Never Met My Father [paperback]
Sparkes, Graeme
Melbourne, A Jo Jo Publishing 2014.
Summary: His father went to fight inKaitashi, Japan a few months after Hiroshima, aged just 18. A few months later, he had a psychotic episode and spent the next four months in a Japanesepsychiatrichospital. This Australian memoir details the challenges of growing up in the 50s and 60s with a father who had severe mental illness and a gambling addiction.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822364383%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

2 .The Best of Both Worlds [paperback]
Smith, Gordon
London, UK Hodder Headline 2014.
Summary: Gordon Smith was born in the poverty stricken Gorbals in Glasgow. His mother, a fiery Irish immigrant, protected the family from the burglars, bullies and violent gangs that lived in the area. For a while Gordon felt safe in his dangerous neighbourhood. But, when Gordon was only six years old, he was sexually abused by an older boy.
http://catalogue.frankston.vic.gov.au/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/OPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=IRN%2822364384%29&QRYTEXT=SDI%20Alert

3 .Playing It My Way: My Autobiography [paperback]
Tendulkar, Sachin
London, UK Hodder Headline 2014.
Summary: The greatest run-scorer in the history of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar retired in 2013 after an astonishing 24 years at the top. The most celebrated Indian cricketer of all time, he received the Bharat Ratna Award - India's highest civilian honour - on the day of his retirement.
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4 .Dancing With Myself [paperback]
Idol, Billy
London, UK Simon & Schuster (us & Uk) 2014.
Summary: In this original memoir following Billy Idol from his childhood in England to his fame at the height of the punk-pop revolution, the iconic superstar tells the real story behind the sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll that he is famous for.
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